Thanks Phil, Great report! Congratulations to the team, the water committee, the community, and Alcance, for making such wonderful progress on this important project. In the kickoff meeting, Bayardo Obando from Alcance told the story of how the community has wanted and worked on this water project since 1996. It touched me in terms of how important it is for us to complete this with them. Phil gets kudos for managing the workflow through the entire two-team visit, as does Javier for supporting us long-distance in dealing with tough questions about the design. We had … [Read more...] about Successful Early Implementation trip for EWB El Llanito, Nicaragua
Photography
Leaving Gamboa, Panama
I’m was at Canopy B&B, waiting for ride to airport. Now I’m in line at the airport. I had great time here. I came to visit Andrew Quitmeyer, at Digital Naturalism Laboratories (DINA: https://www.dinacon.org) via invitation from Shannon Dosemagen, long-time Public Lab friend. You can see what Public Lab is about at: https://publiclab.org/ I’d been intrigued by a map and 3-D model of Gamboa that Andy had made from a drone flight. I brought my new Mavic Mini that I had maybe 6 min of flight time with. Andy coached me, and we flew a section of Gamboa Marsh where a music festival had … [Read more...] about Leaving Gamboa, Panama
Great start on El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project
We are here, doing well. Community is going faster than we anticipated. 167 people came to kickoff meeting that CAPS (legally recognized water committee) set agenda for and ran very effectively. We broke ground on the well support building foundation excavation and for the two pressure break tanks. We staked and marked the route for the pipeline. Today over 100 people started at 6 AM excavating for the pipeline. Forms for pressure break tanks were constructed. Here are a few photos. … [Read more...] about Great start on El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project
Whale watching, Moss Landing
Kathy and I really enjoyed our whale watching trip, out of Moss Landing, Saturday 10/26/19. We had lunch at the Haute Enchilada Cafe before the 2:30 whale watching trip. Very interesting menu and really good. After lunch we walked back to catch the boat and watch whales . https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7StLcBQy0_ctQwkLgPEdOb3tS0PIIrhT https://youtu.be/2n7cIGc-q4o After we docked a fellow passenger shared a few of her photos with me. Video of whale watching After, Kathy and I enjoyed supper at Salt Wood Kitchen and Oysterette. No … [Read more...] about Whale watching, Moss Landing
Beer Club
We started at Tap 25 and then walked over to the Korean barbecue restaurant. Dan Moore and I stopped to check out the new Town Centre store. On the way back we noticed that Pennyweight Craft Brewing door was open so we went in and checked out the in-progress construction. Beautiful! It's going to be a wonderful venue. http://www.pennyweightbrew.com/ #livermore#tap25#pennyweightcraftbrewing#beerclub … [Read more...] about Beer Club